The huge piece missing from this article is that home values/assessed values have skyrocketed in the last 5-10 years; so while the mill levy (aka tax rate) has stayed the same, the other number in the equation has increased substantially. From a bit of research, DougCo property taxes in total (not just school mill levy) have gone from $105M in 2015 to $234M in 2024. Meanwhile DougCo school enrollment has FALLEN from~67k in 2015 to 62k. DougCo schools do not need more money.
The huge piece missing from this article is that home values/assessed values have skyrocketed in the last 5-10 years; so while the mill levy (aka tax rate) has stayed the same, the other number in the equation has increased substantially. From a bit of research, DougCo property taxes in total (not just school mill levy) have gone from $105M in 2015 to $234M in 2024. Meanwhile DougCo school enrollment has FALLEN from~67k in 2015 to 62k. DougCo schools do not need more money.
It's a long article, Spencer. Maybe you missed this part:
https://www.dougcolantern.org/p/how-would-dcsds-proposed-mlo-affect?open=false#%C2%A7but-property-taxes-have-increased-a-lot